Weather Records on 5 July 2006

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 2006. Highest significance: Gonzales 2S, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 2006

On 5 July 2006, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
574 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 931 daily.
Gonzales 2S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 174.0 mm (6.9 in) on 5 July 2006.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 5 July 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amderma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cody 21 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hovringen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Methow 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hameln	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Alevina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 5 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 931.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 2006

Top 20 records on 5 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 2006	Gonzales 2S, US	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	31 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2006	Amderma, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Hooker, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Akola, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	San Ignacio, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Farmerville, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Villaflores (Smn), MX	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Lyneham, GB	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Tifton, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Amarillo, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	31.9 C (89.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	122 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Wickenburg, US	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Wurzburg, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Cody 21 SW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Aurangabad Chikalth, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Kuinre, NL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2006	Hovringen, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 974 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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Data for records on 2006-07-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	697
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2